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The overcrowding of Zion National Park: is it a pricing problem?

Kelsi G. Hobbsa School of Economics, University of Maine, Orono, USA
,
Albert N. Linkb Department of Economics, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USACorrespondence[email protected]
&
Christopher A. Swannb Department of Economics, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Pages 351-360 | Received 20 Aug 2021, Accepted 28 Nov 2021, Published online: 16 Dec 2021

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